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    Frequency Recognition in SSVEP-based BCI using Multiset Canonical Correlation Analysis

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    Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) has been one of the most popular methods for frequency recognition in steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Despite its efficiency, a potential problem is that using pre-constructed sine-cosine waves as the required reference signals in the CCA method often does not result in the optimal recognition accuracy due to their lack of features from the real EEG data. To address this problem, this study proposes a novel method based on multiset canonical correlation analysis (MsetCCA) to optimize the reference signals used in the CCA method for SSVEP frequency recognition. The MsetCCA method learns multiple linear transforms that implement joint spatial filtering to maximize the overall correlation among canonical variates, and hence extracts SSVEP common features from multiple sets of EEG data recorded at the same stimulus frequency. The optimized reference signals are formed by combination of the common features and completely based on training data. Experimental study with EEG data from ten healthy subjects demonstrates that the MsetCCA method improves the recognition accuracy of SSVEP frequency in comparison with the CCA method and other two competing methods (multiway CCA (MwayCCA) and phase constrained CCA (PCCA)), especially for a small number of channels and a short time window length. The superiority indicates that the proposed MsetCCA method is a new promising candidate for frequency recognition in SSVEP-based BCIs

    Removal of Muscle Artifacts from Single-Channel EEG Based on Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Multiset Canonical Correlation Analysis

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    Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings are often contaminated with muscle artifacts. This disturbing muscular activity strongly affects the visual analysis of EEG and impairs the results of EEG signal processing such as brain connectivity analysis. If multichannel EEG recordings are available, then there exist a considerable range of methods which can remove or to some extent suppress the distorting effect of such artifacts. Yet to our knowledge, there is no existing means to remove muscle artifacts from single-channel EEG recordings. Moreover, considering the recently increasing need for biomedical signal processing in ambulatory situations, it is crucially important to develop single-channel techniques. In this work, we propose a simple, yet effective method to achieve the muscle artifact removal from single-channel EEG, by combining ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) with multiset canonical correlation analysis (MCCA). We demonstrate the performance of the proposed method through numerical simulations and application to real EEG recordings contaminated with muscle artifacts. The proposed method can successfully remove muscle artifacts without altering the recorded underlying EEG activity. It is a promising tool for real-world biomedical signal processing applications

    Joint Independent Subspace Analysis Using Second-Order Statistics

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    International audienceThis paper deals with a novel generalization of classical blind source separation (BSS) in two directions. First, relaxing the constraint that the latent sources must be statistically independent. This generalization is well-known and sometimes termed independent subspace analysis (ISA). Second, jointly analyzing several ISA problems, where the link is due to statistical dependence among corresponding sources in different mixtures. When the data are one-dimensional, i.e., multiple classical BSS problems, this model, known as independent vector analysis (IVA), has already been studied. In this paper, we combine IVA with ISA and term this new model joint independent subspace analysis (JISA). We provide full performance analysis of JISA, including closed-form expressions for minimal mean square error (MSE), Fisher information and Cramér-Rao lower bound, in the separation of Gaussian data. The derived MSE applies also for non-Gaussian data, when only second-order statistics are used. We generalize previously known results on IVA, including its ability to uniquely resolve instantaneous mixtures of real Gaussian stationary data, and having the same arbitrary permutation at all mixtures. Numerical experiments validate our theoretical results and show the gain with respect to two competing approaches that either use a finer block partition or a different norm

    Joint Analysis of Multiple Datasets by Cross-Cumulant Tensor (Block) Diagonalization

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    International audienceIn this paper, we propose approximate diagonalization of a cross-cumulant tensor as a means to achieve independent component analysis (ICA) in several linked datasets. This approach generalizes existing cumulant-based independent vector analysis (IVA). It leads to uniqueness, identifiability and resilience to noise that exceed those in the literature, in certain scenarios. The proposed method can achieve blind identification of underdetermined mixtures when single-dataset cumulant-based methods that use the same order of statistics fall short. In addition, it is possible to analyse more than two datasets in a single tensor factorization. The proposed approach readily extends to independent subspace analysis (ISA), by tensor block-diagonalization. The proposed approach can be used as-is or as an ingredient in various data fusion frameworks, using coupled decompositions. The core idea can be used to generalize existing ICA methods from one dataset to an ensemble

    An Alternative Proof for the Identifiability of Independent Vector Analysis Using Second Order Statistics

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    International audienceIn this paper, we present an alternative proof for characterizing the (non-) identifiability conditions of independent vector analysis (IVA). IVA extends blind source separation to several mixtures by taking into account statistical dependencies between mixtures. We focus on IVA in the presence of real Gaussian data with temporally independent and identically distributed samples. This model is always non-identifiable when each mixture is considered separately. However, it can be shown to be generically identifiable within the IVA framework. Our proof differs from previous ones by being based on direct factorization of a closed-form expression for the Fisher information matrix. Our analysis is based on a rigorous linear algebraic formulation, and leads to a new type of factorization of a structured matrix. Therefore, the proposed approach is of potential interest for a broader range of problems
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